The San Diego City College International Book Fair is the outgrowth of over ten years of work by the Creative Writing faculty, their students, and friends in the community at large who put out the journal City Works and San Diego City Works Press.

We are committed to promoting local writers and booksellers as well as reaching out to prominent national and international authors and artists, particularly our friends and neighbors in Mexico.

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.:"Kohl and Chalk" is Shadab Zeest Hashmi’s new book of poems. Hashmi is a Pushcart Prize nominee whose book, "Baker of Tarifa," won the 2011 San Diego Book Award for poetry. Her work has appeared in various publications, including Poetry International.

12:45 – 2:10 p.m.: For over 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for more than 45 million arrests, made America the world’s largest jailer, and damaged poor communities at home and abroad. Yet for all that, drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever before. Filmed in more than 20 states, "The House I Live In" captures heart-wrenching stories from individuals at all levels. The film won the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1: at Thomas Jefferson School of Law 6:00 to 7:30pm: Founded in 1943, PEN Center USA strives to protect the rights of writers around the world, to stimulate interest in the written word, and to foster a vital literary community among the diverse writers living in the western United States. The organization, therefore, has two distinct yet complementary aims: to promote a literary culture and to protect freedom of expression.Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 1155 Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101 Google Maps

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2: in Room V-101 11:15 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.: Reyna Grande is an award-winning novelist. Her latest book, "The Distance Between Us," is a memoir about Grande’s experiences before and after illegally immigrating from Mexico to the United States. Reyna’s first novel, "Across a Hundred Mountains," received a 2010 Latino Books Into Movies Award, a 2007 American Book Award, and the 2006 El Premio Aztlán Literary Award.

1:00 – 2:10 p.m.: English professor Farrell J. Foreman’s plays have been produced professionally in theatres, colleges, recreation centers, and community centers across the country. Foreman is the recipient of the Samuel Goldwyn Award for playwrighting, the Lorraine Hansberry Award, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in playwrighting.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3rd in MS Corporate Ed Auditorium (MS 162) 11:20 a.m.– 12:30 p.m.:Manuel Paul López, winner of the Ernest Sandeen Prize for Poetry from the University of Notre Dame Press for The Yearning Feed, was born and raised in El Centro, California. He is a CantoMundo fellow and was recently awarded a Creative Catalyst Fund grant from the San Diego Foundation in 2012, making him one of 15 inaugural fellows.

12:45 – 2:10 p.m.: A former City College student, Gibrán Güido is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego. In 2010, he organized the Fifth Annual Queer People of Color Conference at San Diego State University and co-organized the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Third Jotería Conference. He is a recipient of the Richard P. Geyser Ethics Memorial Scholarship.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 at Space 4 Art7:00 – 9:00 p.m.: A highly produced multimedia variety showcase, VAMP (visual art, music, performance) presents artists and their workshopped material in a polished monthly show. All participants are chosen by blind online submission, all pieces are given a free workshop to further improve the material, and then the final product is curated in a featured capacity.Space 4 Art, 325 15th St San Diego, CA 92101 Google Maps

PARKING: Parking is scarce because of so much construction on our campus. But, an easy solution is to park in the V building, the parking structure on C and 17th Streets. Permits are available on the second and fifth levels of the parking structure. The fee is $1 an hour or $5 for the whole day.

To get to the parking structure: Proceed east on C Street. Pass 16th Street. Turn right on 17th Street, and then make an immediate right into the parking structure. If you go under the overpass or arrive at Broadway, you have gone too far.

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